Sugar-Roasted Plums and Apricots

• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 6 plums*, cut in half and pitted
• 6 apricots*, cut in half and pitted
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• *Cook's Note: Fruit should be ripe, yet still firm.
• Serving Suggestion: Serve the roasted fruit over vanilla bean ice cream, accompanied by a shortbread cookie. Alternatively, serve fruit with fresh whipped cream or creme fraiche and use it as a filling or topping for crepes.

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar and cinnamon.
2. In another bowl, toss the plums, apricots, vanilla extract, and orange juice together.
3. In a roasting pan or oven-proof baking dish, arrange the fruit cut-side up pouring any extra juice in the baking dish.
4. Sprinkle evenly with the cinnamon-sugar mixture.
5. Roast for 15 to 20 minutes or until the fruit is fork tender.

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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sugar-roasted-plums-and-apricots.html (may not work)